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<h2><strong>South Korea’s Emissions Trading System</strong></h2><p>On January 1, 2015, South Korea launched an emissions trading system that covers roughly two-thirds of the country’s emissions. Emissions trading is a key policy toward meeting South Korea’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent below business as usual levels by 2020.</p><p>The South Korean carbon market is the world’s second largest, behind the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). It is also the second nationwide emissions trading program in Asia, following the launch of Kazakhstan’s ETS in 2013.</p><h3><strong>Background and Details</strong></h3><p>The original legislation creating the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) was adopted almost unanimously on May 2, 2012. The program was originally scheduled to enter force on January 1, 2013, but the government delayed the start to give companies more time to prepare. Trading officially commenced on the Korea Exchange (KRX) on January 12, 2015.</p><p>The program is split into three phases: 2015-2017, 2018-2021, and 2022-2026. More than 500 companies are included in the program, from the power, steel, petrochemical, electronic, cement, automobile, buildings, and waste sectors. In addition, five airlines will participate to cover their domestic aviation emissions.</p><p>In the first phase, from 2015 to 2017, a total of 1.64 billion allowances will be allocated. The number of allowances individual companies will be allocated is based on their emissions between 2011 and 2013. There will also be additional allowances available for new or expanded facilities. At the beginning of the program, 100 percent of allowances are allocated to companies, but this will be reduced to 90 percent by 2021. The other allowances will be auctioned by the government. International offsets are currently not available to companies to meet their obligations.</p><p>The precursor to the ETS in Korea was the Target Management Scheme (TMS), a greenhouse gas management program with 470 participating companies. As with the ETS, individual companies were required to reduce their emissions to target levels. However, the TMS did not allow trading between companies, and the penalties for not complying are not as severe as under the ETS. Features of the TMS have been incorporated into the new system, such as the governance structure and the collection of greenhouse gas inventories.</p><h3><strong>Additional Resources</strong></h3><p><a href="http://eng.me.go.kr/eng/web/index.do?menuId=112&amp;findDepth=1">Republic of Korea Ministry of Environment – Emissions Trading Scheme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gir.go.kr/eng/index.do?menuId=10">Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center of Korea (GIR) – Target Management Scheme&nbsp;</a></p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser">
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>Internationalcarboncarbon tradingEmissions TradingETSRepublic of KoreaSouth KoreaWed, 28 Jan 2015 18:42:12 +00009989 at http://www.c2es.orgClimate progress in 2014 sets the stage for 2015 actionhttp://www.c2es.org/blog/perciasepeb/climate-progress-2014-sets-stage-2015-action
<p>Progress on a multifaceted global challenge like climate change doesn’t happen in one flash of bright light. This can lead to the impression that little is being accomplished, especially when stories highlight areas of disagreement.</p><p>Nothing can be further from the truth. In reality, progress is more like the brightening sky before dawn. We saw positive steps in 2014, and they’ll help lay the groundwork for significant climate action in 2015 in the United States and around the world.</p><p>In the U.S., we will see the EPA&nbsp;<a href="/federal/executive/epa/q-a-regulation-greenhouse-gases-existing-power">Clean Power Plan</a> finalized and states taking up the challenge to develop innovative policies to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Allowing governors to do what they do best, innovating at the state level, will be a key achievement of 2015.</p><p><a href="/international/2015-agreement">Internationally</a>, more countries than ever before will be putting forward new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ahead of talks in December in Paris to hammer out a climate pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol.</p><p>In the New Year, we will be building on <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/12/30/373985855/2014-brought-lasting-action-on-climate-change-policy">solid progress</a> made in 2014 by governments, businesses, and individuals. Here are 10 examples:</p><p></p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.c2es.org/blog/perciasepeb/climate-progress-2014-sets-stage-2015-action" target="_blank">read more</a></p>FederalInitiativesInnovationInternationalMapsScienceU.S. States & Regionscarbon capture and storageClean Power Planelectric vehiclesEmissions Tradinginternational climate talksTue, 06 Jan 2015 16:48:19 +0000Bob Perciasepe9973 at http://www.c2es.orgLinking emissions trading programs can advance climate policy http://www.c2es.org/blog/burgesss/linking-emissions-trading-programs-can-advance-climate-policy
<p>Despite some modest steps forward, the <a href="/international/negotiations/cop-18">UN Climate Change Conference in Doha</a> was a reminder of the slow-paced nature of international negotiations. Annual conferences like these aim to achieve international agreement on reducing the man-made emissions causing climate change, but 20 years after the launch of the U.N. climate process, global emissions continue to rise.</p><p>Progress is being made at the domestic level, however, and in many cases, the policy of choice is emissions trading. One of the major challenges going forward is linking these emerging trading systems to achieve the efficiencies of an integrated global greenhouse gas market. The European Union and Australia have announced plans to link their trading systems, and California and Quebec are working toward linking theirs.</p><p></p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.c2es.org/blog/burgesss/linking-emissions-trading-programs-can-advance-climate-policy" target="_blank">read more</a></p>InternationalU.S. States & RegionsCARBEmissions TradinglinkMon, 17 Dec 2012 17:02:32 +0000Scott Burgess9241 at http://www.c2es.org